Kaipara ki Mahurangi
Single-member constituency
for the New Zealand House of Representatives
RegionAuckland
Current constituency
Created2020
Current MPChris Penk
PartyNational

Kaipara ki Mahurangi is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created for the 2020 election.

Population centres

The electorate consists of a large northern section of the Auckland Region. It stretches from the border with Northland to the northwestern end of Waitematā Harbour, and consists mostly of various satellite towns north of Auckland. Population centres within the electorate include:[1]

History

The electorate was created after rapid population growth in the former Rodney electorate caused the northern section to be carved off and incorporated into Helensville, which in turn lost the Waitakere Ranges to New Lynn and an area around Coatesville and Dairy Flat to Whangaparāoa.[2][3] Initially, it was proposed to keep the name Helensville, but after opposition from residents in the Kowhai Coast area, that name was scrapped and it was named Kaipara ki Mahurangi instead.[2][4] The electorate draws its name from two areas of geographic importance, the Kaipara Harbour, in the west of the electorate, and the Mahurangi River, which is located on the eastern end of the constituency. Translated, the name essentially means Kaipara to Mahurangi, or Kaipara-Mahurangi.

Members of Parliament

Key   National

Election Winner
2020 election Chris Penk
2023 election

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.

Key   Labour   NZ First

Election
2020 election Marja Lubeck
2023 election Jenny Marcroft

Election results

2020 election

2020 general election: Kaipara ki Mahurangi[5]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Chris Penk 20,402 44.79 — 15,547 33.83 —
Labour Marja Lubeck 15,967 35.05 — 18,451 40.15 —
ACT Beth Houlbrooke 2,989 6.56 — 5,158 11.22 —
Green Zephyr Brown 2,904 6.38 — 2,887 6.28 —
NZ First Brenda Steele 1,220 2.68 — 1,181 2.57 —
New Conservative Pauline Berry 686 1.51 — 682 1.48 —
Independent David Ford 248 0.54 —
ONE Richard Reeves 208 0.46 — 142 0.31 —
Social Credit Callan Neylon 198 0.43 — 41 0.09 —
Advance NZ   671 1.46 —
Opportunities   591 1.29 —
Legalise Cannabis   146 0.32 —
Māori Party   126 0.27 —
Outdoors   59 0.13 —
Sustainable NZ   54 0.12 —
TEA   16 0.03 —
Vision New Zealand   10 0.02 —
Heartland   7 0.02 —
Informal votes 730 191
Total valid votes 45,552 45,960
Turnout 46,094[6] 86.82 —
National win new seat Majority 4,435 9.74

References

  1. ^ "Map of electorates for the 2020 and 2023 electorates". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ Whyte, Anna (17 April 2020). "New electorate revealed, as raft of boundary changes announced prior to election 2020". Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Boundary Review 2019/20: View submissions". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Kaipara ki Mahurangi – Official Result (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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